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Ideas and tools to apply learning practices
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How-To Note: Strategy-Level Portfolio Review
Portfolio reviews are opportunities for Missions to periodically examine designated aspects of the Mission’s strategy, projects, or activities. Per ADS 201.3.2.18, Missions must…
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How-To Note: Planning and Conducting Site Visits
This How-To Note supplements USAID's Automated Directives System (ADS) 201.3.4.10.B. It lists Agency requirements for programmatic site visits, identifies practical steps and…
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How-To Note: CDCS Mid-Course Stocktaking
The Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) Mid-Course Stocktaking How-To Note provides guidance on planning and conducting a mid-course stocktaking. The process described…
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Pathways to Integrating CLA in Your Work
PPL/LER developed a concept for helping staff to think about intregrating CLA on an individual level, the Pathways for Integrating CLA in Your Work.
Here is a job aid…
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Designing and Facilitating Learning-Focused Meetings
A Pause and Reflect moment can take many variations (team retreats, individual time to read and process, after-action reviews, etc.), but one of the most common missed opportunities…
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USAID/Washington Learning Agendas April 2023 Snapshot
Building and using data and evidence are central to improving USAID’s work and fulfilling our commitments to transparency and accountability. Learning agendas are a tool that…
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Consolidated Learning Use Case Canvas Template
You’ve articulated a learning question, priority, or need - now how might you plan learning activities to build an evidence base that gets used by its intended audience? The…
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Discussion Note: Adaptive Management
This Discussion Note complements ADS 201.3.1.2 Program Cycle Principles by elaborating on Principle 2: Manage Adaptively through Continuous Learning. This Discussion Note is…
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Facilitating Pause & Reflect
Pausing and reflecting on a regular basis helps us to identify what’s working and what needs adapting and it allows us to consider the impact of changes in the operating environment…
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After-Action Reviews
USAID recommends conducting after-action reviews as an opportunity to "reflect on progress" of achieving results related to strategies, activities, or other Program-Cycle related…